Marjorie Cohn raises the prospect of the U.S. government invoking the 2003 “Hague Invasion Act” to extract Israeli officials from the ICC if they are arrested.
A panel of ICC judges said there are “reasonable grounds to believe” Israel’s prime minister and former defense minister are guilty of “the war crime of starvation as a method of warfare” and other “crimes against humanity.”
New York demonstrators intend to denounce the prime minister’s visit to the U.N., where members last week demanded that Israel end its illegal occupation of the Palestinian territories.
Israel’s airstrikes on Monday came a day after Hezbollah fired rockets at Israel in what the group called an “initial” response to last week’s device attacks.
Failing to restore military or strategic deterrence, Tel Aviv is invested in restoring the element of fear that was breached on Oct. 7, writes Ramzy Baroud.
Aseel Saleh reports on comments by Hamas and Israeli officials ahead of ceasefire talks scheduled for Thursday, which Hamas now says it will not attend despite Iran offer.
The appearance again in Congress of the Israeli prime minister makes it seem as if he is the American president and Israel and the U.S. are one country, writes Corinna Barnard.
For a post-war plan that fits Israeli interests, the Palestinian territory would have to be militarily subdued, which seems more distant than ever, writes Ramzy Baroud.